GROWING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

    Hypernyms(s) growing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
    • a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

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    • he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

    Hypernyms(s) growing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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GROWING as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life

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    • flourishing crops
    • flourishing chicks
    • a growing boy
    • fast-growing weeds
    • a thriving deer population

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  2. Meaning
    • increasing in size or degree or amount

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    • her growing popularity
    • growing evidence of a world depression
    • a growing city
    • growing businesses

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  3. Meaning
    • relating to or suitable for growth

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    • the growing season for corn
    • good growing weather

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